What's Yahoo To Do?

Sun, 05/13/2012 - 22:11 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

The only surprise is that it came on Sunday, not the usual Friday afternoon, when Silicon Valley boards usually sack CEOs, and it was Mother?s Day to boot. But that?s when it was announced that Scott Thompson, a poor choice to begin with, was being sacked after four months as ??Yahoo!??CEO. During that time, it ...

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